Season stats: 16 games (14 regular season, two postseason); 14 tackles, two sacks, one fumble recovery, one touchdown, one pass defensed, two missed tackles, seven QB hurries, one penalty (illegal use of hands)

Looking live: Daniels, a fourth-round pick by Green Bay, was not a part of the Packers' defensive plans early in the season. Despite being healthy, the rookie out of the University of Iowa was on the gameday inactive list in Week 1. Between Weeks 2 and 4, Daniels averaged only 11 snaps per game. The surprising part about those limited snaps is that, in those four games, fellow defensive lineman Mike Neal was unavailable due to an NFL suspension (though Green Bay still had Phillip Merling at the time). As the season progressed, Daniels slowly earned more playing time. However, he was never on the field for more than 50 percent of the defensive snaps in any one game. Daniels wasn't much of an impact player in his first year, but he didn't make many mistakes or miss many assignments. Mistakes and unnecessary penalties can sometimes be a problem for rookies (they were for Jerel Worthy), so Daniels handled those aspects well.

Upon further review: Daniels was exactly what the Packers expected to get when they selected him with the 132nd pick. He showed his speed and athleticism at several moments this season but none more so than when he scooped up a Matthew Stafford fumble in Week 14 and ran it back 45 yards for a touchdown. Green Bay was down 14-3 midway through the second quarter of that game prior to that great play by Daniels. He was a running back in high school, and it showed. Watching that play again (which was clearly his best highlight of the season), Daniels grabbed the ball off the ground without stopping his forward motion and wasn't affected at all when Detroit Lions 325-pound offensive lineman Gosder Cherilus tried to push-tackle him down. The downside to Daniels' game is that he's undersized, an aspect that the Packers obviously knew about and took into account when drafting him. At only 6-feet tall, Daniels is several inches shorter than the rest of Green Bay's defensive line. He was often quick off the line of scrimmage but didn't typically get a lot of push once engaged by an offensive lineman.